Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 75 / Thursday, April 19, 2007 / Notices 19769 

Form Number: 8879–B. 

Abstract: A general partner or a 

limited liability company member 

manager (LLC member manager) and an 

electronic return originator (ERO) use 

Form 8879–B when the general partner 

or LLC member manager wants to use a 

personal identification number (PIN) to 

electronically sign an electing large 

partnership’s electronic income tax 

return, and, if applicable, consent to an 

electronic funds withdrawal. 

Current Actions: There is no change 

in the paperwork burden previously 

approved by OMB. This form is being 

submitted for renewal purposes only. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses and other 

for-profit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

60. 

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 4 

hours 17 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 258. 

The following paragraph applies to all 

of the collections of information covered 

by this notice: 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a valid OMB control number. 

Books or records relating to a collection 

of information must be retained as long 

as their contents may become material 

in the administration of any internal 

revenue law. Generally, tax returns and 

tax return information are confidential, 

as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the collection of 

information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. 

Approved: April 11, 2007. 

Glenn P. Kirkland, 

IRS Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–7402 Filed 4–18–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Form 4562 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is 

soliciting comments concerning Form 

4562, Depreciation and Amortization 

(Including Information on Listed 

Property). 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before June 18, 2007 to 

be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Glenn P. Kirkland, Internal Revenue 

Service, room 6516, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the form and instructions 

should be directed to R. Joseph Durbala 

at Internal Revenue Service, room 6516, 

1111 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20224, or at (202) 622–

3634, or through the Internet at 

RJoseph.Durbala@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Depreciation and Amortization 

(Including Information on Listed 

Property). 

OMB Number: 1545–0172. 

Form Number: Form 4562. 

Abstract: Form 4562 is used to claim 

a deduction for depreciation and 

amortization; to make the election to 

expense certain tangible property under 

Internal Revenue Code section 179; and 

to provide information on the business/ 

investment use of automobiles and other 

listed property. The form provides the 

IRS with the information necessary to 

determine that the correct depreciation 

deduction is being claimed. 

Current Actions: There are no changes 

being made to Form 4562 at this time. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations, farms, and 

individuals. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

4,800,000. 

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 45 

hours, 11 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 217,399,275. 

The following paragraph applies to all 

of the collections of information covered 

by this notice: 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a valid OMB control number. 

Books or records relating to a collection 

of information must be retained as long 

as their contents may become material 

in the administration of any internal 

revenue law. Generally, tax returns and 

tax return information are confidential, 

as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the collection of 

information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. 

Approved: April 10, 2007. 

Glenn P. Kirkland, 

Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–7406 Filed 4–18–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Open Meeting of the Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel Earned Income Tax 

Credit Issue Committee 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 


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SUMMARY: An open meeting of the 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Earned 

Income Tax Credit Issue Committee will 

be conducted (via teleconference). The 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting 

public comments, ideas and suggestions 

on improving customer service at the 

Internal Revenue Service. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Monday, May 14, 2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Audrey Y. Jenkins at 1–888–912–1227 

(toll-free), or 718–488–2085 (non tollfree). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given pursuant to Section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988) 

that an open meeting of the Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel Earned Income Tax 

Credit Issue Committee will be held 

Monday, May 14, 2007 from 10:30 a.m. 

to 11:30 a.m. ET via a telephone 

conference call. The public is invited to 

make oral comments. Individual 

comments will be limited to 5 minutes. 

Due to limited conference lines, 

notification of intent to participate in 

the telephone conference call meeting 

must be made in advance Ms. Audrey Y. 

Jenkins at 1–888–912–1227 or (718) 

488–2085. Written comments may be 

sent to Audrey Y. Jenkins, TAP Office, 

10 MetroTech Center, 625 Fulton Street, 

Brooklyn, NY 11201 or post comments 

to the Web site: http:// 

www.improveirs.org. 

The agenda will include various IRS 

issues. 

Dated: April 12, 2007. 

John Fay, 

Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. 

[FR Doc. E7–7399 Filed 4–18–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Thrift Supervision 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request—Savings 

Association Holding Company Report 

H–(b)11 

AGENCY: Office of Thrift Supervision 

(OTS), Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection requirement described below 

has been submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. OTS 

is soliciting public comments on the 

proposal. 

DATES: Submit written comments on or 

before May 21, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referring to 

the collection by title of the proposal or 

by OMB approval number, to OMB and 

OTS at these addresses: Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Desk Officer for OTS, U.S. 

Office of Management and Budget, 725–

17th Street, NW., Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503, or by fax to 

(202) 395–6974; and Information 

Collection Comments, Chief Counsel’s 

Office, Office of Thrift Supervision, 

1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20552, by fax to (202) 906–6518, or by 

e-mail to 

infocollection.comments@ots.treas.gov. 

OTS will post comments and the related 

index on the OTS Internet Site at 

http://www.ots.treas.gov. In addition, 

interested persons may inspect 

comments at the Public Reading Room, 

1700 G Street, NW., by appointment. To 

make an appointment, call (202) 906–

5922, send an e-mail to 

public.info@ots.treas.gov, or send a 

facsimile transmission to (202) 906–

7755. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information or to obtain a copy 

of the submission to OMB, please 

contact Marilyn K. Burton at 

marilyn.burton@ots.treas.gov, (202) 

906–6467, or facsimile number (202) 

906–6518, Litigation Division, Chief 

Counsel’s Office, Office of Thrift 

Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20552. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OTS may 

not conduct or sponsor an information 

collection, and respondents are not 

required to respond to an information 

collection, unless the information 

collection displays a currently valid 

OMB control number. As part of the 

approval process, we invite comments 

on the following information collection. 

Title of Proposal: Savings Association 

Holding Company Report H–(b)11. 

OMB Number: 1550–0060. 

Form Number: H–(b)11. 

Regulation requirement: 12 CFR 

584.1(a)(2). 

Description: The H–(b)11 form is used 

to aid OTS in its role as consolidated 

supervisor of savings and loan holding 

companies. It will aid OTS in 

determining whether savings and loan 

holding companies are engaging in 

activities that violate applicable statutes 

and regulations or may prove injurious 

to any subsidiary savings association. In 

addition, with this submission, OTS is 

clarifying reporting expectations and 

making plain language changes in the 

instructions to this form. 

Type of Review: Renewal. 

Affected Public: Savings and Loan 

Holding Companies. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,012. 

Estimated Burden Hours per 

Response: 2 hours. 

Estimated Frequency of Response: 

Quarterly. 

Estimated Total Burden: 8,096 hours. 

Clearance Officer: Marilyn K. Burton, 

(202) 906–6467, Office of Thrift 

Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20552. 

OMB Reviewer: Desk Officer for OTS, 

Fax: (202) 395–6974, U.S. Office of 

Management and Budget, 725–17th 

Street, NW., Room 10235, Washington, 

DC 20503. 

Dated: April 13, 2007. 

Deborah Dakin, 

Senior Deputy Chief Counsel, Regulations and 

Legislation Division. 

[FR Doc. E7–7465 Filed 4–18–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6720–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA). 

ACTION: Notice of amendment to an 

existing System of Records. 

SUMMARY: As required by the Privacy 

Act of 1974 (title 5, United States Code 

(U.S.C.), Section 552a(e)), notice is 

hereby given that the Department of 

Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending the 

system of records currently entitled, 

‘‘Shipboard Hazard and Defense 

Integrated Database—VA’’ (128VA008A) 

as set forth in the Federal Register 68 

FR 56379. VA is amending the system 

by revising the System Number, System 

Name, System Location, Categories of 

Individuals Covered by the System, 

Categories of Records in the System, 

Authority for Maintenance of the 

System, Purpose, and Routine Uses of 

Records Maintained in the System, 

including Categories of Users and the 

Purposes of Such Uses, the System 

Manager, System Address and 

Notification and Records Access 

sections of the system notice. VA is 

republishing the system notice in its 

entirety. 

DATES: Comments on the amendment of 

this system of records must be received 

no later than May 21, 2007. If no public 

comment is received, the new system 

will become effective May 21, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted through 


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